On PC the default textbox is REALLY dark, hiding a lot of the "action". If you're feeling brave look for the textbox.png file in the GUI folder, copy it for safety then open with GIMP or your editor of choice and change the opacity. In GIMP this is in the layer menu - wind it down to about 20% or so then export the file as textbox.png again. If you export to a different folder, copy it back to where the original was installed, overwriting it (remember to make that backup just in case!)
I'm not one to comment on abandoned games, but it was kinda annoying me so I did a Google. Hopefully it helps anyone else who finds this game.